Chen Zhongwu cried hoarsely and admitted his mistake, and the man sneered: "I thought it was a boy who gave birth to you, but when your mother was pregnant with you, I also deliberately asked the third elder to give you a good name." That's how you repay me. Yes?! The man pressed one hand and shouted into the house: "Brother Qi, is the water boiling good, why is it so slow, don't mother-in-law." ”

The door behind him opened softly, and a slightly tired woman pulled out the boiling kettle. The man took the kettle, and Chen Zhongwu shook his head in horror, unable to speak. The onlookers were energetic, "Chen Ba, if you go down this pot, her hand won't be good, you still have to support her." ”

Chen Ba was stunned for a moment, and then smiled again, "If it's really ruined, it'll be buried, and I won't raise it for nothing." Stinky woman, take Brother Qi out and let him see, don't hide in the house for a day, don't look like a man. ”

Chen Ba's sister-in-law couldn't bear to look at her daughter, entered the house, and took out a boy about seven years old, the boy had a pair of black and white eyes, and he didn't blink, looking at you as if he was staring at you, Chen Zhongqi saw his sister whose hands were pressed in boiling water, his eyes rolled slightly, and he stopped moving.

"Pour! Fall on! ”

"Look clearly, if you don't obey in the future, I'll get you like this."

"Take care of our girl, or don't blame me for pouring boiling water on her."

Chen Ba slowly raised the kettle in the discussion of onlookers, in Chen Zhongwu's frightened eyes, Chen Zhongwu shook his head, saw the kettle gradually tilting, closed his eyes in despair, Chen Ba's sister-in-law couldn't bear to look at it, and didn't dare to turn her head and close her eyes. I could only stare at the crack in the clay pot with empty eyes.

The hot water of the stove that had just left was poured into the basin, and when he heard the sound of running water, Chen Zhongwu, who couldn't support it, rolled his eyes and passed out completely.

Seeing that Chen Zhongwu fainted, Chen Ba took the opportunity to put away the kettle that had been poured into one-third of the boiling water, although he wanted to continue to teach this girl a lesson and act presumptuably in front of the villagers. But he didn't want the family to be left with a person to work for nothing.

"This girl actually passed out. I'll continue to teach her another day. Chen Ba pretended to be angry, put down the kettle and took his son into the house, leaving Chen Zhongwu who fell to the ground, and everyone dispersed when they saw this. Sister-in-law Chen rubbed the skirt of her dress. Half a day. Finally stepped forward. A voice came from the house, "Stinky woman, don't come in to cook yet." I'm going to starve to death. ”

When Chen Zhongwu woke up, he found himself leaning against a wall, with a robe draped over his body, Chen Zhongwu had never seen such a silky fabric, and it was still very warm, stroking the robe covering his body, Chen Zhongwu saw that his hand, although it was red and swollen, there were coagulated blood marks, and the skin and flesh turned outward, but she didn't feel pain at all.

"Ahh

Chen Zhongwu hurriedly withdrew his hand, this dress was too expensive, how could she touch it with her own hand.

"You're awake."

Chen Zhongwu looked up and saw the beautiful nun standing in front of her, holding a bowl of fragrant porridge in her hand.

"Open your mouth, I'll feed you." Ah Umbrella squatted down and looked at Chen Zhongwu at eye level.

"You... Are you a bodhisattva? ”

Ah Umbrella smiled, shook her head, she couldn't afford the name of Bodhisattva, scooped up the chicken porridge and sent it to Chen Zhongwu's mouth, saw her open her mouth to eat, and said: "Your hands are fine, this look is fake, it will be back to the same in ten days and a half months, you don't have to work these days, and your father is not willing to let your hands be completely broken." ”

Chen Zhongwu was stunned and drank the porridge delivered to his mouth one after another, his eyes staring at Ah Umbrella without moving for a moment.

After drinking the porridge, Ah Umbrella pulled the robe that he had slipped down again, "Your father has been beating you like this?" ”

Chen Zhongwu shook his head and said, "This time is the most powerful one, and it won't be like this in the future." ”

Ah Umbrella knows, probably because he has been suppressed for a long time these days, and he is looking for a breakthrough to get angry with his daughter.

"You guys, it's natural for a man to beat a woman?"

Chen Zhongwu tilted his head in confusion, not understanding what Ah Yu meant.

Ah Umbrella sighed and said, "Why do you let them bully? ”

Chen Zhongwu probably understood, and said, "Because I broke the precepts, I should be beaten." ”

"What precepts?"

……

Ah Umbrella and Chen Zhongwu asked and answered, and Ah Umbrella gradually led Chen Zhongwu to say what he wanted to know.

It's easy to say, but a group of people who hate the world have blamed the source of their unbeauty on their ancestors.

According to legend, the ancestor of Chenjiazhen was a great monk, with countless believers and thousands of servants; It also has the skill of soaring clouds and driving fog, and the art of turning stones into gold. But for the sake of a mere worldly woman, she was willing to make merit and came to this deserted place to escape the world. And his descendants and the descendants of his retinue have gradually become ordinary secular families.

The deeds of the ancestors have been passed down from mouth to mouth, making the descendants of the Chen family who rely on the sky and the earth to eat in later generations feel envious, especially the robes left by the ancestors prove how brilliant the past days were. So some people began to blame the ancestor, if he hadn't escaped the world, they would not have to work hard in the fields now, and they would not have to endure hunger in the disaster year.

Gradually, the people of Chenjiazhen blamed their ancestors for their current situation, and no matter what bad things happened, they would scold their ancestors. Later, I don't know who turned the finger to the ancestor's wife, the dusty woman. If it weren't for that dusty woman, the ancestors of the Chen family would not want to return to the secluded world, so the assertion of 'red face and trouble' began to prevail, and the status of the women of the Chen family became lower and lower, and then there were precepts to restrain women, and the women of the Chen family were completely dependent on men and became slave-like existences.

Ah Umbrella felt funny when he heard it, and now people have made an excuse for their yearning for the life of that high monk but they can't do anything, and finally they still take the woman out of the pot, isn't it that they can only bully the woman now.

Chen Zhongwu warmed up his body, finished speaking, and then remembered to ask, "Where is this?" ”

Ah Umbrella pointed to the old tree gate not far away, Chen Zhongwu realized that his location was not far from the town gate, she saw the old tree gate, she couldn't help shaking, and saw Ah Umbrella on the side, a little relieved.

"Is it that scary?"

Chen Zhongwu's body shook, shook his head, nodded again, and said: "When I made a mistake before, my father would drag me here and press my hand on the tree, the old tree was very cold and cold, and after pressing it a few times, my hand was frostbitten, and it was not good." Speaking of this, Chen Zhongwu raised his head, his eyes full of starlight, "You healed my hand." ”

Ah Umbrella touched the top of the little girl's hair.

Chen Zhongwu's face was slightly red, and he moved his head uncomfortably, and said, "Now that no one in the town dares to approach the old tree gate, my father will scald me with hot water." ”

"Why are you afraid of the old tree gate?"

"I heard that there are Yin spirits guarding there, and whoever wants to go out will be killed by Yin Spirits, and they will not let people in."

"Got a ghost? Says who? ”

Chen Zhongwu looked at Ah Umbrella, then looked at the old tree gate, and said in a low voice: "The women who make big mistakes in the town will be killed and buried under the old tree." The people of the town are speculating whether the woman buried in the ground has turned into a ghost and is coming to disrupt our lives. ”

Ah Umbrella's eyes flashed, no wonder the eerie power on the tree and the general path of the soul were like a chill intertwined with countless yin souls.

"Female Bodhisattva, is it true that you said that there are ghosts hidden in the people of the town?"

Ah Umbrella was slightly silent before he said: "Naturally it's true, otherwise how could anyone die and disappear in the town." ”

Chen Zhongwu's eyes widened suddenly, and he breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good that it's not on me." ”

Jiufang appeared at this time, shook his smug head, and said, "Ancestor of the Chen family, I think I already know who he is. ”

Ah Umbrella raised his eyebrows, it really happened that he only knew it at this time?

Jiufang touched his beard, jumped to his feet and said, "Anyway, you have already been involved, help others to the end." (To be continued.) )